Comments on: Do Make Believe Histories Add Value to Our Objects? http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/significant-objects-do-make-believe-stories-add-value.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:24:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Clyde McKendrick http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/significant-objects-do-make-believe-stories-add-value.html/comment-page-1#comment-259633 Clyde McKendrick Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:49:22 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=37530#comment-259633 We are publishing an article on the nature of this topic later this month in the first issue of MILK magazine. It links into the notion of nostalgia. It's nothing new and the mass interpretation would be the management of icons. Elevating the image of and character or brand to increase its cultural reference. Naturally this can be applied at an object level or item, but surely the interesting question is how to apply nostalgic status to mass produced items - e.g. First edition books, special editions... More in MILK. We are publishing an article on the nature of this topic later this month in the first issue of MILK magazine.

It links into the notion of nostalgia. It’s nothing new and the mass interpretation would be the management of icons. Elevating the image of and character or brand to increase its cultural reference. Naturally this can be applied at an object level or item, but surely the interesting question is how to apply nostalgic status to mass produced items – e.g. First edition books, special editions…

More in MILK.

]]> By: golublog http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/significant-objects-do-make-believe-stories-add-value.html/comment-page-1#comment-259628 golublog Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:22:05 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=37530#comment-259628 I recently read the gift which has a specific passage discussing native american gift giving, where the writer recounted a tale where an object value increased through stories created about it. This seems like a modern take on such folk tales. I recently read the gift which has a specific passage discussing native american gift giving, where the writer recounted a tale where an object value increased through stories created about it. This seems like a modern take on such folk tales.

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